Welcome to our monthly recap of stories relating to intellectual property (including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, etc.) and entertainment law – art, animation, television, film, digital games, etc. This month’s stories cover many issues including: Art Basel & Miami art scene; statutory licenses for cover versions; TV viewing is changing; movies studios look to athletes for buzz; the women of Hollywood speak out; brands look for niche in virtual reality; digital license agreement clauses; fair use & the DMCA; no copyright for yoga poses; Lionsgates to build theme parks; and more.
Happy Holidays!
These are some of the articles, reports, posts, etc. that caught our attention this month. We originally send them out through our twitter account @dg_iplaw, so follow us to get them as we find them. But many of them are such great resources we don’t want you to miss them, so we’ve decided to put them as a weekly recap. The links will take you to their original sources, whether Mashable, Lexology, and/or others. Enjoy and let us know some of the stories you’ve found interesting this week. Just share in the comments below. Have a great week!
- Art Basel Miami Beach: A Focus on Female Artists http://ow.ly/Va1ue
- Essential Clauses of a Digital License Agreement -Part II
- Statutory License for Cover Versions under the Copyright (Amendment) Act
- Miami’s Art World Sets Sights on Little Haiti Neighborhood http://ow.ly/V0IJb
- The Ad Council Adapts to Stay Relevant in an Age of Social Action http://ow.ly/UY0z5
- CNN to Show Sex Assault Film Despite Legal Threat http://ow.ly/UY084
- Pearson’s Big Paydays Defy the Odds Against Print Media http://ow.ly/UXZG4
- Adele’s ‘25’ on Track to Break Sales Records http://ow.ly/UXZkM
- With TV Viewing Changing, Networks Take Longer to Drop Shows http://ow.ly/UWwsv
- 5 Music Masters Talk Anxiety, Demanding Directors and When No Sound Is Better http://ow.ly/UWvSJ
- Movie Studios Turn to Athletes to Create a Buzz http://ow.ly/UWvCq
- Nazi Victim’s Heirs Sue Over Sale of Plundered Art http://ow.ly/UWvdM
- The Women of Hollywood Speak Out http://ow.ly/UWv9L
- Andrew Lloyd Webber: Lord, Baron, Rocker http://ow.ly/UWv7g
- Legal Questions When Creating a Musical Group or Band http://ow.ly/UOB2W
- Anne Frank’s Diary Gains ‘Co-Author’ in Copyright Move http://ow.ly/UOAOX
- Defamation Suits Against Cosby Point to Peril of Belittling Accusers http://ow.ly/UOAG2
- Hollywood Docket: From ‘Dirty Dancing’ to ‘Dancing With the Stars’ http://ow.ly/UOyfl
- Wedding photographer defends using disgruntled customers in portfolio http://ow.ly/UO8n6
- Estefan and ‘La Bamba’ Cover Only Part of America’s Latin Culture in the 1980s
- Social Media and IP Part IV – Taking Down Infringing Content http://ow.ly/UKPgp
- Layoffs Coming at Weinstein Company, Mostly in Film Division http://ow.ly/UKNt0
- Brands Look Far and Wide for a Niche in Virtual Reality http://ow.ly/UKN7q
- For Spike Lee, an Honorary Oscar, but Diversity Takes Center Stage http://ow.ly/UKMUR
- Social Media and IP: Part V – Publicity Rights and Celebrity Rights http://ow.ly/UKLKE
- Essential Clauses of a Digital License Agreement http://ow.ly/UKGaE
- Statutory Licensing for Broadcasting Organizations under Copyright Act http://ow.ly/UKG1Q
- ‘Rap Tees’ Catalogs Two Decades of Hip-Hop Merchandising http://ow.ly/UKFLE
- Unflattering photo—a blogger’s paradise? http://ow.ly/UKEG1
- FanDuel To N.Y. Attorney General: Get Ready For A Legal Challenge http://ow.ly/UKEwi
- Fair use and crying foul under the DMCA: the Dancing Baby case continues http://ow.ly/UKEoS
- Dueling Letters about SESAC Radio Station Royalties – What’s A Station to Do? http://ow.ly/UKEis
- Court refuses to bend copyright for yoga poses http://ow.ly/UKEcv
- Garçon to FanDuel: Check please! http://ow.ly/UKE5V
- GoDaddy victorious in dispute over OSCARS and ACADEMY AWARDS marks http://ow.ly/UKDY4
- My article is out: Does Your Social Media Profile Say the Right Things to Hiring Managers? http://ow.ly/UBFzg
- Great quick read: The perils of pursuing the perfect digital identity http://ow.ly/UBDZ0
- Sports & Entertainment 2015: Roundtable Recap http://ow.ly/UBDER
- Masterpieces of Japanese Art at the Met http://ow.ly/UBBXn
- Bronze Lens Film Festival 2015: Legal Mash-up for Filmmakers Recap #BLFF http://ow.ly/UtA3k
- Digital Dig Unpacks Atlanta Dive Bar Rich in History http://ow.ly/UsZpx
- Entertainment Law: Movie making – A tale of woes. | SiNApSE http://ow.ly/Ur1cE
- StubHub Must Amend Gripe With Ticketmaster http://ow.ly/UqhC9
- For Taylor Swift and Drake, Friends Serve the Brand http://ow.ly/UqdsW
- Web Poets’ Society: New Breed Succeeds in Taking Verse Viral http://ow.ly/Uqdgt
- General Counsel for Al Jazeera America Appears to Be Unlicensed http://ow.ly/UpOSd
- Hollywood Is Producing Higher Highs, Lower Lows http://ow.ly/UpOLT
- Invader Will Bring His Signature Street-Art Mosaics to New York http://ow.ly/UpOzD
- What percentage of directors are writer-directors? http://ow.ly/UpOsT
- Rapper Young Jeezy Defeats Ex-Partner’s Multimillion-Dollar Claims http://ow.ly/UpNra
- Natural History Museum’s Expansion: Part Dr. Seuss, Part Jurassic Park http://ow.ly/UmP96
- http://Will.i.am Strikes Out With Trademark Board http://ow.ly/UloUU
- From 2013 but still interesting: The economics of film festivals http://ow.ly/Ul1S1
- 16 Features Enter Oscar Animation Race http://ow.ly/UkmRo
- F.R.A. Accuses Getty of Swiping Photos http://ow.ly/Ukhlu
- Are you going? Entertainment & Content at CES 2016, Vegas Sponsored by Variety http://ow.ly/Ukh0i
- Buying a bamboo floor? This company requires religious arbitration; courts uphold clauses http://ow.ly/UkfsX
- Today is ‘Love Your Lawyer Day’ http://ow.ly/Ukfbz
- Adele’s Album Will Be Big. But Will It Be Streaming? http://ow.ly/Ukcvb
- Virtual Reality: A New Way to Tell Stories http://ow.ly/Ukcif
- R&B Singer Demands Royalties http://ow.ly/UfPEH
- Join me & Jonathan Mason at #BLFF Legal Mashup for Filmmakers 11/5 1 pm http://ow.ly/UfLg3
- Please LIKE my new Facebook page for my law office for ip and entertainment law – D Gonzalez, Esq. http://ow.ly/UeuLd
- MPAA Touts Big Legal Success Against Popcorn Time http://ow.ly/Ueuw4
- Lionsgate Seeks to Build on Its Library of Film Properties With Theme Parks – The New York Times http://ow.ly/U9Hob
- The Taylor Swift song that landed her a lawsuit http://ow.ly/U9C7o
- IoUC’s Monthly Recap (Oct. 2015) – Stories Relating to the Internet of Unintended Consequences http://ow.ly/U93BM
- Law2sm Monthly Recap: Social Media & the Law 11/02/15 http://ow.ly/U8Uua
- DG Esq’s Monthly Recap 11/02/15 – Stories Relating to IP and Entertainment Law http://ow.ly/U8Qbl
- Universal’s ‘Steve Jobs’ Suffers Copyright Attack Over Shark Scene http://ow.ly/U6dmE
- Anne Hathaway Monster Movie Settles Lawsuit From Godzilla Rights Holders http://ow.ly/U6cGj
- Checklist of legal and risk issues for publishers http://ow.ly/U6cbL
- ‘Big Pimpin’ Copyright Fight Ends With a Win for Jay-Z http://ow.ly/U6c7M
- No Privacy Intrusion With Disney’s Data Collection http://ow.ly/U6c68
- Silicon Valley’s New Philanthropy http://ow.ly/U6bZN
- Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice http://ow.ly/U6bP1